OT: New Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer
Co-written by Michigan alumnus Lawrence Kasdan (also co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Raiders of the Lost Ark), the newest Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer was released today.
Was just about to post this, that opening shot with the crashed Imperial Destroyer..
wondered how a huge spaceship wouldn't have burned up considerably entering the atmosphere. Guess I'll let go and let the Force explain it....
Come on...let it go. Don't nit-pick.
Even as a SW fan(screw everybody else haha) that picture is awesome! +1 all around
I assumed three things:
1. The atmosphere is probably very different from Earth which allowed for less traumatic entry.
2. The ship was made of more durable materials than anything we are aware of.
3. The subject of the original post and this reply probably means we both didn't do well with the ladies in high school.
April 16th, 2015 at 10:33 PM ^
Another plausible explanation - the bottom of the star destroyer was the side facing the incoming air, which would effectively turn that side into a heat shield. The top side, which we see in the trailer would have been pretty much unharmed by the heat from re-entry in this scenario.
It's fantasy, like Lord of the Rings, set in space.
Exactly my point. I don't understand why some people point to certain things in a science-FICTION story that cannot happen in real life.
I mean comeon.... It doesn't protect against blasters or even rocks. What the hell good is it? And why do they need a snow- version? Is there a "formal" attire armor suit for storm troopers?
The bigger issue is that something that big coming in at orbital velocity would explode with many megatons of force on impact, vaporizing itself and everything for several miles.
But really, in Star Wars land, the destroyer probably came in with some degree of control and they "crash landed" it rather than streaking like a comet.
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If they didn't in Independance Day why would they in Star Wars?
This isn't the post you're looking for.
First time ever seen the double post get more likes than the first, well played.
We don't "like". We posbang.
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-1 for totally harshing my buzz.
Please...just PLEASE explain why it is "probably not going to be all that good." I'm dying to read your response.
I swear to the creator that there is literally nothing in existence that can please everyone.
I'm going to go with either A) The acknowledgement that the last Star Wars movies weren't evry good or B) The reasonable bet that anything this hyped up will be disappointing.
Me, I'm going to go ahead and bet that J.J. Abrams(a guy who made Star Trek fun for God's sake) can probably pull this off as well.
JJ is the perfect director for this movie and other SW films, too. As you mentioned, he made Star Trek fun, which is 100% accurate. Both of his ST films are superb and I have no doubt that he made a great SW film. As much as I wish he could be the guy in charge making the third ST movie, I care much more about SW. I'm a ST geek, but a bigger SW geek.
Agreed. Been very impressed with Abrams on the Star Trek movies he has taken over. After being disappointed in the last 3 (especially the first one) I am really excited for these. The director is like a coach - he can make or break it esp when the storyline is somewhat predictable. Also expect a major upgrade in how the action scenes are shot from how he did it in Star Trek.
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The Trekkie in me finds that highly illogical
I worded it wrong, but there is almost no way it will ever live up to the classic trilogy. Still, you can bet your ass I will be at the midnight showing.
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April 16th, 2015 at 10:39 PM ^
almost lost it when Han Solo (Harrison Ford for newbies) appeared on screen.
Wookies have long lifespans... and no I am not ashamed to know that.
Rrrrrrr-ghghghghgh
April 16th, 2015 at 10:50 PM ^
They live for hundreds of years. I think at the time of Star Wars, Chewie was well over 100 years old. He is just hitting his prime.
April 16th, 2015 at 10:53 PM ^
On the Subject of Chewbacca:
Chewbacca (or "Chewie", as he was known by his friends) was a legendary Wookiee from Kashyyyk and co-pilot of Han Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon. He was the son of Attichitcuk, the husband of Mallatobuck, and the father of Lumpawaroo. Chewbacca carried with him the name of an ancient Wookiee hero, the great Bacca, first of the great chieftains of Kashyyyk, and the creator of a sword that denoted leadership among the Wookiees. This name placed Chewbacca in a noble lineage, which was further supported by his role in the Battle of Kashyyyk during the Clone Wars and during the Galactic Civil War.
Chewbacca was a wise, sophisticated being of great strength and loyalty. As technologically savvy as the brightest Academy graduate, he was also a skilled mechanic. Chewbacca, like many Wookiees, was able to understand Basic, but he could not speak it due to his species's vocal structure. He instead spokeShyriiwook, the main Wookiee language, composed largely of growls and grunts, to his non-Wookiee companions who typically replied in Basic.
He later died during the Yuuzhan Vong War.
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Bosk kills him in the subsequent war. Sucks.
Those books do not exist. The NCAA, I mean Disney, vacated those books. So he may not be dead. Though it was a Long Time Ago.
I really liked some of the Expanded Universe stuff, particularly the early books Zahn wrote. I also enjoyed the thre short stories book, that focused on how certain mostly background characters (the folks at the Catina, the bounty bunters and the folks at Jabba's Palace) got there and wnd what happened to them after.
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That's a lot of cumsies.
And I don't even smoke. Oh and a nap.
chills and goosebumps
It occurred to me somewhat recently that I'm not a Star Wars fan, even though two out of the three original trilogy movies are probably in my Top 10 favorite movies of all time, I own all of them, and I have played a couple dozen Star Wars video games since then. I'm just a fan of the original trilogy and outside of Knights of the Old Republic everything else has just been half-assing it since then. There have been so many shitty entries into this franchise that I have come to the conclusion that the franchise itself isn't that special. So I guess I'll see this movie just as a regular movie and hope for the best.